CONTENTS. 



Part I. GRAPE CULTURE. 



PAGE. 



CHAPTER I. A glimpse at the Past and Present 15 



II. Classification of Grapes 26 



III. Propagation of the Vine, by Seeds 31 



IV. Propagation by Cuttings in Open Air 35 



V. Propagation, by Layers 88 



" .VI. The Phylloxera Question 42 



VII. Resistant Vines 67 



VIII. Grafting the Vine 111 



IX. The Vineyard, Location, Aspect and Soil 128 



X. Preparing the Soil 131 



XL How to lay out and Plant a Vineyard 133 



XII. What to Plant. Choice of Varieties 137 



XIII. Cultivation and Treatment during the First 



and Second Summers ] 65 



XIV. Cultivation, Pruning, and Training the Third 



and Fourth Years 172 



XV. Diseases of Vines and Remedies 182 



XVI. Insects and Animals Injurious to the Vine.. . 199 

 XVII. Frosts and Hail, their Effects, Preventatives, . 



and Remedies-. 203 



" v X VIII. The Vintage, Gathering the Grapes for Wine . 209 

 XIX. Picking the Grapes for Table and Market, 



The Grape Cure 214 



XX. The Vintage, Raisin Making 218 



XXI. Individual Enterprise 224 



vXXII. Co-operation in Viticulture 244 



XXIII.- Women in the Vineyard 247 



V XXIV.: Cost of Establishing a Vineyard, and its 



Probable Returns . . . . . 250 



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